Summary

  • Rosberg on pole, Hamilton 2nd

  • Ricciardo 3rd, Verstappen 4th, Raikkonen 5th, Vettel 6th

  • McLarens out in Q2 - Button out-qualifies Alonso

  • Race coverage live from 11:30 BST on Sunday

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. IN

    1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Verstappen 4) Raikkonen 5) Bottas 6) Perez 7) Ricciardo 8) Hulkenberg 9) Vettel 10) Massa

  2. Sebastian Vettel JUST scrapes through - ninth quickest time.

    No joy for either McLarens as Fernando Alonso qualifies 14th. The Spaniard is on the radio to have a pop at Vettel, accusing him of going too slowly and scuppering his lap.

    Sebastian VettelGetty Images

  3. Lewis v Nico

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  4. Sebastian Vettel wants another bite of the cherry so out he goes. Everyone from sixth down is out for another shot at sneaking into the top 10.

  5. Felipe Massa gets stuck behind Carlos Sainz at Turn Two and he is not happy about that.

    Message from race control flashes up soon after confirming the incident is being investigated.

  6. Problems for McLaren

    Qualifying live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    They've been struggling with that car predominantly through understeer but Button was also complaining about oversteer this morning. The McLaren car is so difficult to drive at the moment.

  7. Four minutes to go and everyone is back in the pits. The top is as it stands:

    1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Verstappen 4) Raikkonen 5) Ricciardo 6) Vettel 7) Bottas 8) Hulkenberg 9) Perez 10) Massa

    Esteban Gutierrez, Romain Grosjean, Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Jolyon Palmer are the drivers in danger.

  8. Sebastian Vettel crosses the line to go fifth quickest 1:15.630, but he's then nudged down a spot as Kimi Raikkonen goes P4 with a 1:15.242.

  10. It's a 1:15.124 for Max Verstappen - almost four tenths of a second slower than Nico Rosberg.

    Now here comes Daniel Ricciardo...and he is half-a-second down on Verstappen. Messed that lap up a bit somewhere.

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  11. Both Mercedes are tucked away in the garage. Max Verstappen is out there now. What can he do?

  12. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer at Hockenheim

    Rope-a-dope from Hamilton this weekend? Rosberg fastest in all practice sessions. Not so far in qualifying, though. 

  13. Ice, ice Kimi

  14. Mercedes done already

    Qualifying live on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    Hamilton almost a tenth of a second quicker than Rosberg. That should probably be enough for Mercedes for this session.

  15. A 1:14.839 for Nico Rosberg but Lewis Hamilton goes a tenth of a second quicker! That should safely see them both through to Q3.

  16. It's just the two Mercedes out there at the moment. Nico Rosberg is quicker than Lewis Hamilton through the first sector, but it's Hamilton through the second. Going to be tight...

  18. Second qualifying starts

    Q2 is under way and Nico Rosberg is straight out on super-softs.

  19. Kvyat needs a confidence boost

    Allan McNish
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    Remind him of what he is capable of. He was on the podium at China. Every driver has bad patches and dark days. Just look at Lewis Hamilton earlier this season.

  20. Frustration for Daniil Kvyat.

    "That was not enough?" he says. 

    "It was not enough." 

    "Unbelievable. What the BEEP is going on?" 

    The punches just keep coming for Kvyat. Hard to believe he was on the podium just a couple of months ago.